Lets face the facts: Media Watch speaks.

One of the recently published tabloid 
style lead stories of the Chronicle front
page
 

 

 

Today I would like us to face the facts. If B-Metro would write: Man beaten to death for using Mubobobo (July 23, 2013); 10 year son catches father raping chicken (July 22, 2013) and then the Chronicle also lead with such stories like: FIGHT OVER WOMAN DEATH, where therefore is the difference between the Chronicle and B-Metro?. Remember B-Metro is a tabloid and writing such stories is within its realms but it becomes so surprising if serious papers like the Chronicle which should be taking official figures to task also resort to leading with such stories. The biggest question still remains: where should the media draw the line between the need to increase sales and role of being a watchdog?